Madeline followed her son out of the hospital room, yelling about how he needed to do his part and help his sister out.
Five minutes after her mother and brother left, Chloe heard a police siren outside her window. As her heart mmed against her chest, Chloe scrambled around, searching for her phone that her mother hid. Finally, she found it behind a blue water jug that had been in the corner of her room.
She jabbed at her phone’s screen and pulled up Ethan’s contact information.
Her stomach filled with dread when his phone went straight to voicemail. She knew that she couldn’t give up yet, so she called him another five times but each call Ethan ignored.
Her hands shook as Chloe watched a group of policemen enter the hospital. It looked like they were on a mission.
She knew that they wereing to arrest her after Alexander’s meeting with the Chief Commissioner. Chloe knew that she would never survive in jail so she sprinted out of her hospital room. Once she was in the hallway she did her best to cover her wounds and not look like a deranged patient even though she was wearing a hospital gown.
But as soon as she turned the corner, she ran into two police officers.
“You’re not authorized to leave your room, Ms. Windsor,” a burly man said.
For a moment, she thought about fighting the two men, but she knew that she would never win against them. She allowed the officers to
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escort her back into her room. As she waited for the other officers to throw her in jail, she thought about something–anything that she could do to get out of this mess she was in.
Then, she remembered her mother begging her brother to get in touch with their aunt. With nothing else to lose, she typed out a message to Hana Cater. She told her aunt that if she helped her get out of this mess, she would do anything she wanted her to.
Including what Felix didn’t have the stomach to do.
*Author*
Right after Chloe sent the message to her aunt, the police busted into her hospital room. There were five in total, making Chloe’s stomach swoop with fear. At least she had been able to send the message to her aunt. But was it enough for her to escape from the horrible situation that she had gotten herself into?
“Chloe Windsor, you are under arrest for the murder of Russell Lewis,” the officer in the front of the group said. He had a ck, bushy mustache that quivered when he spoke. “You have the right to remain silent. Anything that you say can and will be held against you in a court ofw…<i>” </i>
As the officer pulled out his handcuffs and continued to read Chloe her rights, Mrs. Windsor rushed into the room, and her eyes filled with tears when her eyes scanned over the police officers.
“No! You can’t take my baby to jail!” she screamed, losing all sense of reason. Her eyes were wild, and her voice was full of rage and horror. She looked like the older version of Chloe in one of her rage fits. “? won’t let you!” She ran at the wall of police officers.
A middle–aged policewoman caught Mrs. Windsor before she could attack anyone. “You’re also being arrested,” she snapped. “You don’t
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want us to put assaulting an officer on your list of crimes, do you?”
Mrs. Windsor’s eyes widened as the officer holding her took out a pair of handcuffs and turned her around so that she could restrain her hands. “Madeline Windsor, you are under arrest for aiding in covering up a murder and helping dispose of a murder victim. You are also being charged with bribing a police officer when you gave Officer Warren money to destroy evidence. You have the right to remain-”
Mrs. Windsor interrupted the policewoman. “Where is Officer Warren? I thought that he was the lead officer on this case.”
The policewoman finished cuffing Madeline and finished reading the rich woman’s rights. Then, she looked down at Madeline with hatred. “Warren took a bribe from a civilian. He’s been fired and arrested for his crimes. We have found evidence that he has been taking bribes for years.”
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